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There's been some talk that Cole has been working on getting hitters to put the ball in play so that he can go deeper into games. Batting average against is below .200. The Pirates are nearly done with rehabs to Charlie Morton and James McDonald, so theoretically Cole could just be up for one or two starts.

I really hope they do away with Super-2s in the next CBA. Players would get arbitration when they get two full years of service time. Then we'd see prospects being held down for two or three weeks in April instead of 9 or 10 weeks in an attempt to hit a moving target.

Though the date for players attaining Super Two status (the 22% of players debuting this year who can go to arbitration after their second season) has yet to be determined, it is expected to end up being sometime in the first week or two of June.

What other prospects are about to debut due to this rule? The article mentions Zack Wheeler; who are the other candidates?

He's getting promoted because he's better than the other alternatives to fill the giant rotation hole! What are you saying, that one or both of these injuries is being faked so the Pirates can bring up Gerrit Cole as soon as they possibly can?

Crispix, I find it odd that you would criticize his stellar numbers in IN, he has solid to outstanding numbers in AAA, clearly the best starter in Indianapolis. And of course he is 2 years younger than any other pitcher there.

Of course he could have an ERA under 2 and more than a K an inning but then he would be in the majors already.

I'm just saying there's no evidence that they were trying to delay him. If Wandy R. got injured 3 weeks ago and they brought up Brandon Cumpton instead, and now they were replacing him with Cole, that would be evidence. Or if Jeanmar Gomez had been a disaster in the rotation but they stuck with him anyway until now, that would be evidence. The Pirates have been fortunate in that they haven't had to make a tradeoff between "Win games with Cole" and "Maintain Cole control".

Cumpton is a pretty good prospect anyway. In fact they have four starters at Indianapolis with an ERA between 2.90 and 3.40, and of those four, Cole has the lowest K/IP so far. Andy Oliver has way more strikeouts but also way more walks. Cumpton has similar numbers to Cole except for 8 H/9 intend of 6 H/9.

If the super-two cutoff really ends up being "sometime in the first week of June," I guess the Dodgers will be sweating it out with Puig, who debuted on June 3. I guess it's worth the extra arb money if he helps them make the playoffs. If they fall completely out of contention they can always send him down for a week or two.

I guess the Dodgers will be sweating it out with Puig, who debuted on June 3. I guess it's worth the extra arb money if he helps them make the playoffs. If they fall completely out of contention they can always send him down for a week or two.

My understanding is that's not applicable to Puig since he signed as a non-drafted International free agent - 7 years/$42M, IIRC, and looking like a bargain at the moment.

Any Castellanos callup will not have anything to do with the Super 2 deadline. He didn't really start hitting until 3 weeks ago; since then he's hit .360 with 7 homers. I still don't think he makes it to Detroit until after the All-Star Break, and that's if he keeps hitting.